English Department Reading Group

The Reading Group reconvened early in March, with Muriel Spark’s popular modern classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie up for discussion. Student opinion tended towards enjoyment of the novel but reservations about the central character. Several were of the

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Basketball – Loreto vs Allerton High

On a Monday evening in February Loreto faced an Allerton High team that had troubled us greatly in a previous encounter. We got off to an encouraging start, going on a 10-4 run in the opening 4 minutes. Allerton recovered

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Gender equality week

By Anna Seifu Loreto’s gender equality week took place this term, after months of discussion and planning by Lower and Upper sixth students. The week brought with it many thought provoking events to make students think about how gender is

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Loreto student takes first step in broadcast journalism career

Dillon Tootill, an A2 Film student, has been accepted on to the prestigious BBC First Steps scheme, a programme of mentoring, work shadowing and employability skills with the broadcaster. The scheme involves one-to-one mentoring with a BBC staff member to

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Great Valentines Soak Off!

The very first Loreto HCPT group will be travelling to Lourdes, France during the Easter holidays. They will be on pilgrimage holiday to the shrine of Our Lady and working very hard to support disabled and disadvantaged children and young

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Geographers and Biologists head to Iceland

30 Geography and Biology students have just returned from a 5 day residential field trip to Iceland – the land of ice and fire. The students enjoyed visiting some of Iceland’s premier attractions. Of particular note was walking behind the

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Music Tech and Record Label enrichment students visit studios

Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Justin Timberlake…just a sample of the diverse range of clients that recording studio owner and sound engineer Ian Stewart has worked with during a long and fascinating career in the music business. Recently a mix of

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Student Nicole Henry writes: On the 27/01/17, I took part in remembering the Holocaust and other genocides around the world through a day presented by UK Jewish Film and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, with the theme of ‘How can

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Love at Loreto

Love was in the air this week at Loreto. Cupid was hard at work. Students at the college developed a scheme to show someone they care by sending a Valentine in the form of a rose. The roses were delivered

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Computing students and the Enigma code

In  February,  thirty-eight  Computing students from Loreto took part in an educational trip to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. The site is of extreme historical significance because it is where British cryptologists worked to decipher the Enigma code, which was a

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Dr Sherilyn MacGregor visits Loreto College

Loreto’s Pol Soc was delighted to host Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, Reader in Environmental Politics, UoM, to speak about the issues surrounding environmentalism under Trump’s presidency. Sherilyn has a research and teaching profile that is international and interdisciplinary. One of a

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Staff balloon debate

This year’s debate saw six intrepid members of staff trying to convince a sceptical audience of students that their chosen item or idea was the greatest that mankind has ever known. Making the case for chemists everywhere Colin Fielding kicked

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LAMDA Workshop with Loreto Drama and Performing Arts students

Students form our A-level Drama and Theatre Studies and from our BTEC Performing Arts courses were treated to a workshop held by Nathan Crossan-Smith, who trained at LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) – one of the most

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Record breaking: 25 offers from Oxford and Cambridge University.

Year on year the success of Loreto students applying to and receiving offers from top universities goes up: 2017 is no exception. The twenty-five Oxbridge offers cover a range of subject areas at the two globally respected institutions, from medicine

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Lucy Powell, MP visits Loreto

Written by Anna Seifu, L6, Chair of Pol Soc Lucy Powell (Labour MP of Manchester Central) returned for the second time to Loreto college for a Q&A at a controversial time in British politics. As well as answering questions regarding

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Latest football result: Loreto College 3, Xaverian College 2

A well won battle for Loreto in a game that finished 3-2 against Xaverian College in the cup quarter final. The will and desire from the side to overcome the challenge that the Xaverian first team side posed was commendable.

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